“How do I help my kids declutter when they are attached to EVERYTHING? I don’t want the pressure of minimizing our stuff to lead my kids into hoarding!”

Listen in as Dawn speaks with Laurie, a professional organizer, about her personal experience raising a neurodivergent child, helping kids declutter, and her learnings along the way.

IN THIS EPISODE:
0:00 Intro
4:35 Personal experience of Laurie
7:26 Setting healthy boundaries with kids and treasures
18:42 (GEM) “But will I turn them into hoarders?”
24:49 When your kids are ready to move on, and you’re not
26:36 Setting up your kids for success
37:42 Reach out to Laurie


ABOUT LAURIE:
Laurie is the founder of Simply B Organized (SBO) where she writes, teaches, and works with people of all ages helping them to declutter and work smarter. She also hosts This ORGANIZED Life, a weekly podcast where she chats with awesome guests about life, work, parenting, and the role that organization has in their lives.

LINKS:
Laurie’s IG:   / simplyborganized  
Podcast episode with Logan: https://simplyborganized.com/2019/08/...
Logans followup episode: https://simplyborganized.com/2023/06/...
Lauries podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

My jewelry is from Trades of Hope (Shop to help women out of poverty!): https://tradesofhope.com/minimalmom

Mother's Necklace on Etsy: https://cli.re/momnecklace
(I have the gold in 18")


Welcome to The Official Minimal Mom Podcast channel. If you'd like to hear previous episodes, you can find them on all podcasting apps including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iTunes.

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ABOUT THE MINIMAL MOM:

Hi, I'm Dawn, if we haven't met before, I'm married to Tom and we have four kids ages 813. We live outside of the Twin Cities in MN and have called ourselves minimalists for 8 years now. We got rid of 85% of our stuff and don't miss ANY OF IT!

If you'd like to see more instructional videos about minimalism and decluttering, be sure to check out my other channel @theminimalmom